ἀγαθός
See also: αγαθός
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- ἀγασός (agasós) – Laconian
- ἀζαθός (azathós) – Arcadocypriot
Etymology
Possibly from Proto-Hellenic *əgatʰós, from Proto-Indo-European *m̥ǵh₂dʰh₁ós (“made great; whose deeds are great”), from *méǵh₂s (“great”) + *dʰeh₁- (“do”) + *-ós. Compare Latin magnificus from same roots.
Beekes rejects an Indo-European etymology and assigns it as a Pre-Greek borrowing instead.[1]
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.ɡa.tʰós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /a.ɡaˈtʰos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /a.ɣaˈθos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /a.ɣaˈθos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /a.ɣaˈθos/
Adjective
ᾰ̓γᾰθός • (agathós) m (feminine ᾰ̓γᾰθή, neuter ᾰ̓γᾰθόν); first/second declension
- good, brave, noble, moral, gentle
- fortunate, lucky
- useful
Declension
First and second declension of ᾰ̓γᾰθός; ᾰ̓γᾰθή; ᾰ̓γᾰθόν (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | ᾰ̓γᾰθός agathós | ᾰ̓γᾰθή agathḗ | ᾰ̓γᾰθόν agathón | ᾰ̓γᾰθώ agathṓ | ᾰ̓γᾰθᾱ́ agathā́ | ᾰ̓γᾰθώ agathṓ | ᾰ̓γᾰθοί agathoí | ᾰ̓γᾰθαί agathaí | ᾰ̓γᾰθᾰ́ agathá | |||||
Genitive | ᾰ̓γᾰθοῦ agathoû | ᾰ̓γᾰθῆς agathês | ᾰ̓γᾰθοῦ agathoû | ᾰ̓γᾰθοῖν agathoîn | ᾰ̓γᾰθαῖν agathaîn | ᾰ̓γᾰθοῖν agathoîn | ᾰ̓γᾰθῶν agathôn | ᾰ̓γᾰθῶν agathôn | ᾰ̓γᾰθῶν agathôn | |||||
Dative | ᾰ̓γᾰθῷ agathôi | ᾰ̓γᾰθῇ agathêi | ᾰ̓γᾰθῷ agathôi | ᾰ̓γᾰθοῖν agathoîn | ᾰ̓γᾰθαῖν agathaîn | ᾰ̓γᾰθοῖν agathoîn | ᾰ̓γᾰθοῖς agathoîs | ᾰ̓γᾰθαῖς agathaîs | ᾰ̓γᾰθοῖς agathoîs | |||||
Accusative | ᾰ̓γᾰθόν agathón | ᾰ̓γᾰθήν agathḗn | ᾰ̓γᾰθόν agathón | ᾰ̓γᾰθώ agathṓ | ᾰ̓γᾰθᾱ́ agathā́ | ᾰ̓γᾰθώ agathṓ | ᾰ̓γᾰθούς agathoús | ᾰ̓γᾰθᾱ́ς agathā́s | ᾰ̓γᾰθᾰ́ agathá | |||||
Vocative | ᾰ̓γᾰθέ agathé | ᾰ̓γᾰθή agathḗ | ᾰ̓γᾰθόν agathón | ᾰ̓γᾰθώ agathṓ | ᾰ̓γᾰθᾱ́ agathā́ | ᾰ̓γᾰθώ agathṓ | ᾰ̓γᾰθοί agathoí | ᾰ̓γᾰθαί agathaí | ᾰ̓γᾰθᾰ́ agathá | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
ᾰ̓γᾰθῶς agathôs | ᾰ̓γᾰθώτερος / ἀμείνων / ἀρείων / βελτίων / κρείττων / λῴων / φέρτερος agathṓteros / ameínōn / areíōn / beltíōn / kreíttōn / lṓiōn / phérteros | ᾰ̓γᾰθώτᾰτος / ἄριστος / βέλτιστος / κράτιστος / λῷστος / φέρτατος agathṓtatos / áristos / béltistos / krátistos / lôistos / phértatos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- Αγαθάνωρ (Agathánōr)
- Ἀγάθαρχος (Agátharkhos)
- Ἀγαθή (Agathḗ)
- Ἀγαθήμερος (Agathḗmeros)
- ἀγαθοδαίμων (agathodaímōn)
- ἀγαθοεργέω (agathoergéō)
- Ἀγαθόκλεια (Agathókleia)
- Ἀγαθοκλῆς (Agathoklês)
- ἀγαθοποιέω (agathopoiéō)
- ἀγαθοποιΐα (agathopoiḯa)
- ἀγαθοποιός (agathopoiós)
- Ἀγάθων (Agáthōn)
- ἀγαθωσύνη (agathōsúnē)
- Ἀνδράγαθος (Andrágathos)
- Ἀρχάγαθος (Arkhágathos)
- καλοκαγαθία (kalokagathía)
Descendants
- Greek: αγαθός (agathós)
- → Coptic: ⲁⲅⲁⲑⲟⲥ (agathos)
References
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “ἀγαθός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 7
Further reading
- “ἀγαθός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἀγαθός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ἀγαθός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἀγαθός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- ἀγαθός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- ἀγαθός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)
- “ἀγαθός”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- G18 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- admirable idem, page 12.
- adroit idem, page 13.
- bold idem, page 88.
- brave idem, page 93.
- courageous idem, page 178.
- estimable idem, page 283.
- excellent idem, page 288.
- exemplary idem, page 290.
- gallant idem, page 352.
- good idem, page 366.
- skilful idem, page 780.
- virtuous idem, page 954.